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      <excerpt>...-- Reps. Steve Kagen and Tom Petri agree on at least one fundamental principle driving the debate over health care reform: Americans want it. From there, they go their partisan ways -- Kagen turns to the left; Petri pivots to the right. So when the vote</excerpt>
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      <title>Wis. delegation split along party lines on health bill</title>
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      <excerpt>...-- Reps. Steve Kagen and Tom Petri agree on at least one fundamental principle driving the debate over health care reform: Americans want it. From there, they go their partisan ways -- Kagen turns to the left; Petri pivots to the right. So when the vote</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Republican field of candidates running to challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, gets bigger today as Howard physician Marc Trager announces his run for Congress. Trager, who served in the U.S. Air Force, will make a number of announcements today </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Hill each year, bringing germs from around the world. &quot;Capitol Hill is a collecting point for contagious viruses,&quot; said Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Wis., also a doctor specializing in allergies and immunology. &quot;You've got a dense population of well-traveled ind</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...-- Rep. Steve Kagen is trying to ensure that Green Bay retains its postmark. More importantly, perhaps, he wants to protect the jobs at the U.S. Postal Service mail processing and distribution center in Green Bay. Those jobs could be in jeopardy as the </excerpt>
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      <title>Green Bay mail processing center may move to Oshkosh</title>
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      <excerpt>...-- Rep. Steve Kagen is trying to ensure that Green Bay retains its postmark. More importantly, perhaps, he wants to protect the jobs at the U.S. Postal Service mail processing and distribution center in Green Bay. Those jobs could be in jeopardy as the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen is trying to ensure that Green Bay retains its postmark. More importantly, perhaps, the Appleton Democrat wants to protect the jobs at the U.S. Postal Service mail processing and distribution center in Green Bay. Those jobs could b</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...(D-Va.), who was strongly opposed to the previous measures, is now undecided. Like Polis, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Steve Kagen (D-Wis.) and Kathy Dahlkemper (D-Pa.) had signed letters to Democratic leaders earlier this year expressing concerns abou</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...reaching the &quot;On the Radar&quot; level were Kaukauna roofing contractor Reid Ribble, who is seeking to challenge Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, and state Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-La Crosse, who wants to oust Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse. Erickson was careful to poin</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...reaching the &quot;On the Radar&quot; level were Kaukauna roofing contractor Reid Ribble, who is seeking to challenge Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, and state Sen. Dan Kapanke, who wants to oust Rep. Ron Kind, D-LaCrosse. Erickson was careful to point out that the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>In WI-08, currently held by second-term Democratic Rep. Steve Kagen, former Niagara Mayor Joe Stern announced earlier this week that he&amp;#39;ll be running against Kagen -- as a conservative independent: &amp;quot;Neither party is truly serving my ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Leaning yes, would like to see more on tort reform Debbie Halvorson (Ill.) Alcee Hastings (Fla.) Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) Yes Steve Kagen (Wis.) Marcy Kaptur (Ohio) Leaning yes Dale Kildee (Mich.) Ron Kind (Wis.) Voted no in Ways and Means Committee Bra</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... held by two-term incumbent Steve Kagen (D). Mr. Stern will be running as a &amp;quot;conservative independent&amp;quot; (same thing as an independent conservative?), and will be challenging both Rep. Kagen and which ever Republican enters the race. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Baron Hill, Indiana 9th http://baronhill.house.gov/ DC Office Number: (202) 225-5315, DC Fax Number: (202) 226-6866. Local Office Number: (812) 288-3999, Local Fax Number: (812) 288-3873. Rep. Steve Kagen, Wisconsin 8th ...</excerpt>
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